SUMMARYThe maxminf, direct and Wilks' lambda methods of discriminant analysis from the SPSS-X statistical package were applied to the 61 pollen taxa found in 115 honeys from three provinces (Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Alava) in the Basque Country of northern Spain.The direct method, using 58 taxa, gave the highest discrimination, correctly assigning 93% of the honeys to their province of origin.With seven taxa—Compositae typeCarduussp., Ericaceaetype Arbutus unedo, Castanea sativa, Leguminosae typeGenistasp.,Eucalyptussp.,Rubussp. and fruit-bearing Rosaceae (Prunussp.)—the discrimination was 81 % for the maxminf method with an F-to-enter of 4.0. Hence, these are the taxa that most characterize the origin of the honeys.